2017 – 2018Reading Response Deadlines, Success, and Assessment Criteria

Reading Response / Deadline /
1 / Monday October 30, 2017
2 / Monday December 11, 2017
3 / Monday February 26, 2018
4 / Monday April 30, 2018

Reading Response

Use the prompts listed in the ‘Reading Response Guidelines’ to develop the ideas for each of the paragraphs in your reading response (you should have at least nine paragraphs in your response). Review format criteria carefully throughout your process to ensure you are meeting all of your requirements.

Reading Response Guidelines

  1. Summarize what the story, piece of writing, or passage was about.
  2. Describe the main characters. Describe their appearance, feelings, actions, etc.
  3. Justify your reasons for liking or disliking the piece of writing.
  4. Identify any connections that you can make to the reading. Connections can be personal, things that you may have heard about through others, read about, or heard in the media. Connections can be made to feelings, experiences, settings, etc.
  5. List some of the questions you asked yourself while you were reading.
  6. Identify interesting passages and explain why they captured your interest.
  7. Make inferences about the characters and / or piece of writing. Explain your reasons.
  8. Describe words that captured your attention. Explain what made them interesting.
  9. Predict what you think will happen next. Use evidence to support your answer.

* NOTE: Always justify your answers. Support them with your own reasons or evidence from the text.

Reading Response Format Success Criteria

  • follow Reading Response Guidelines (RRG’s)
  • complete nine paragraphs relating to the Reading Response Guidelines for a complete reading response
  • write clear, logical paragraphs, using evidence from the text to support your ideas
  • paragraphs should be six to eight sentences each
  • stay on topic in each paragraph
  • indent at the beginning of each paragraph (do not use sub-titles or skip lines between paragraphs)
  • follow proper grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization rules
  • write in the third person
  • use transition words to help with the flow of ideas
  • use an 11 or 12 pt. font in Times New Roman or Arial (or similar)
  • title your Reading Response (eg. ‘The Nest’ Reading Response) at the top of the page, centered and underlined (can be bolded)
  • type your name, date, and class number under the title (not underlined or bolded)
Reading Response Assessment
Criteria / Level 1 / Level 2 / Level 3 / Level 4 / Assessment
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Knowledge of Content
-response organization
-paragraph structure / -you organize your response with limited effectiveness / -you organize your response with some effectiveness / -you organize your response with considerable effectiveness / -you organize your response with a high degree of effectiveness / WRITING
-your paragraphs are developed with limited effectiveness / -your paragraphs are developed with some effectiveness / -your paragraphs are developed with considerable effectiveness / -your paragraphs are developed with a high degree of effectiveness
COMMUNICATION
Use of Conventions
-grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, format / -your response contains several errors in writing conventions / -your response contains some errors in writing conventions / -your response contains very few errors in writing conventions / -your response contains no errors in writing conventions
Criteria / Level 1 / Level 2 / Level 3 / Level 4 / Assessment
THINKING
Use of Processing Skills
-justification of ideas / -you justify your ideas with evidence with limited effectiveness / -you justify your ideas with evidence with some effectiveness / -you justify your ideas with evidence with considerable effectiveness / -you justify your ideas with evidence with a high degree of effectiveness / READING
APPLICATION
Application of Knowledge and Skills
-response development / -you apply what you have read to develop a well thought out response with limited effectiveness / -you apply what you have read to develop a well thought out response with some effectiveness / -you apply what you have read to develop a well thought out response with considerable effectiveness / -you apply what you have read to develop a well thought out response with a high degree of effectiveness